3.0.0-rc? kernel suddenly loses sound on my ubuntu 11.10 system

[Prashant Shah]

Hi,

> sound worked just fine (intel hda).  i also identically configured and
> built a newer 3.0.0-rcsomething kernel, but when i boot that newer
> kernel, i have no sound.  in particular, when i go under

Try to load the module manually by doing a $sudo modprobe snd_hda_intel

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto

Regards.